Larry Brody's Guide to Writing for the Medium Everyone Loves to Hate

1 WEEK LEFT TO ENTER TV WRITER.COM CONTESTS

Gang–

OMG!!!

Only 1 week remains in which to enter the current PEOPLE’S PILOT
and SPEC SCRIPTACULAR writing contests sponsored by TVWriter.Com
and Manner Movie Ltd. of Hong Kong. Entries are due on or before June 1,
2012 via the online upload forms for each contest.

All of you of course know exactly what the contests are, but on the off
chance that you’ve missed our barrage of publicity (okay, so it’s really
been a kind of a dribble), here’s a quick rundown of what’s up:

The PEOPLE’S PILOT is for spec pilot scripts for original series. We
welcome supplemental material such as series proposals, but all entries
MUST include a pilot teleplay.

Your series can be any genre – drama, action, sitcom, reality, game,
lifestyle, animation, kids’ show, you name it – and can be intended for
broadcast networks, cable channels, PBS, even local stations,
regardless of country. All we ask is that your entry be written in
English so we can read it!

The SPEC SCRIPTACULAR is for spec scripts written for current or
recent TV series. Your completed teleplay can be for any existing drama,
action show, or sitcom, or for an original TV movie in any genre, and can
be intended for broadcast networks, cable channels, PBS, and local
stations in any country (as long as your spec is written in English.)

* 1 year of Gold Plan Spotlighted Screenplay Posting Service at
ScreenwriterShowcase.Com

* 1 year ScriptPimp.Com Writers Database Membership

Entry forms and full info on rules, prizes, and eligibility for the
PEOPLE’S PILOT can be found at http://www.peoplespilot.com

Entry forms and full info on rules, prizes, and eligibility for the
SPEC SCRIPTACULAR can be found at http://www.specscriptacular.com

So far this year entries have been on the light side, but the last week
usually is a big one. Fewer entries mean a better chance for everyone
who enters, though, so maybe this will turn out to be a Good Thing. I’d
like it to be The Chance of a Lifetime for everyone, but, hey, that’s me.

Hope everyone who gets this email enters one of the contests because,
just between us, creating entertainment for millions of others is head and
shoulders above just watching what someone else has done. At least,
it certainly has been for me.

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About LB

Larry Brody has been profiled in such national magazines and websites as Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Starlog, People, Electronic Media, IndieSlate, TechTV, io9, and of course TV Guide.
A legendary figure in the television writing and production world, with a career going back to the late ’60s, Brody has written and produced literally thousands of hours of network and syndicated television.
Brody has also been active in the TV animation world, writing, creating, consulting, and/or supervising the cult favorite STAR TREK animated TV series, the SILVER SURFER, SPAWN, SUPERMAN, SPIDERMAN, and SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED animated series, and was showrunner of the French animated series, DIABOLIK, as well as part of the team that developed and wrote the live-action/cgi animation sci-fi series Ace Lightning for the BBC.
Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys.